костлявая
Russian

Костлявая
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kɐstˈlʲavəjə]
Noun
костля́вая • (kostljávaja) f anim (genitive костля́вой, nominative plural костля́вые, genitive plural костля́вых)
- (colloquial) Death, the Grim Reaper (literally, “the bony one”)
- 1931, Илья Ильф, Евгений Петров (Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov), Золотой телёнок [The Little Golden Calf]:
- Бу́дете вот сиде́ть на своём чемода́не, а в оди́н пого́жий денёк я́вится к вам костля́вая ― и косо́й по ше́е.
- Búdete vot sidétʹ na svojóm čemodáne, a v odín pogóžij denjók jávitsja k vam kostljávaja ― i kosój po šéje.
- So you'll be sitting on your suitcase, and then one fine day the Grim Reaper will come to you and slice your neck with his scythe.
Declension
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